Muslim Brotherhood (Egypt)

News about Muslim Brotherhood (Egypt), including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Feb. 1, 2015

Egyptian Pres Abdel Fattah el-Sisi blames Muslim Brotherhood for bombings in North Sinai that killed at least 30 people. MORE

Dec. 23, 2014

Qatar suspends broadcast of satellite news channel sharply critical of Egypt's military-led government after pressure from Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and the Egyptian government; shutdown of channel, Egyptian affiliate of the Qatari-owned Al Jazeera network, is blow to supporters of Egypt's deposed president, Mohamed Morsi, and his Islamist group Muslim Brotherhood. MORE

Dec. 21, 2014

Egypt and other Gulf states are still at odds with Qatar over its support of Muslim Brotherhood despite Gulf Cooperation Council reconciliation. MORE

Dec. 17, 2014

Administrative court in Egypt overturns special committee's decisions to seize assets of Muslim Brotherhood leaders. MORE

Nov. 21, 2014

Egyptian police arrest Mohamed Ali Bishr, last remaining senior leader of the Muslim Brotherhood who is not in prison. MORE

Sep. 16, 2014

Turkish Pres Recep Tayyip Erdogan says that several exiled leaders of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood who fled to Qatar can perhaps find refuge in his country. MORE

Aug. 8, 2014

Shawqi Allam, Egypt’s highest Muslim religious authority, refuses to approve court-ordered death sentences on leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, including Mohamed Badie and others who were convicting of inciting murder in Cairo in 2013; says case lacks evidence. MORE

Jun. 25, 2014

Egyptian Pres Abdel Fattah el-Sisi says he will not interfere in the case of three journalists from Al Jazeera's English-language service who have been sentenced to at least seven years in prison after being found guilty of conspiring with the Muslim Brotherhood; brushes aside protests from governments of Western countries, including United States. MORE

Jun. 24, 2014

Egyptian judge convicts three journalists from Al Jazeera's English-language network of conspiring with Muslim Brotherhood to broadcast false reports of civil strife in order to bring down government; Mohamed Fahmy, Peter Greste and Baher Mohamed are sentenced to at least seven years in prison; United States criticizes verdict and sentence. MORE

Jun. 22, 2014

Egyptian court confirms death sentences against Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 182 of the organization's supporters in mass trial of Islamists who ruled Egypt for year following Pres Mohamed Morsi's ouster. MORE

Jun. 20, 2014

Egyptian court begins process of imposing death sentences on Mohamed Badie, Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leader and other members of group; Islamist political movement was swept from power by military nearly year ago. MORE

May. 24, 2014

Op-Ed article by author Shadi Hamid contends that failure of Egyptian Pres Mohamed Morsi illustrates fundamental inability of secular state systems to accommodate Islamist participation in democratic process; suggests that political obituaries for Muslim Brotherhood are premature; maintains that wherever and whenever there are democratic openings, Islamists will still be there waiting and ready to return to politics. MORE

May. 16, 2014

Egyptian court says three jailed Al Jazeera journalists must pay $170,000 for a copy of the video footage that prosecutors say shows the defendants fabricated news reports to foment unrest; all three have been in jail since December 2013 on charges that they had formed an Islamist cell and conspired with the Muslim Brotherhood, charges they deny. MORE

May. 6, 2014

Former Egyptian general Abdel Fattah el-Sisi vows to eliminate the Muslim Brotherhood, Islamist group that dominated previous elections in the country; Sisi is expected to become Egypt's next president in June. MORE

Apr. 29, 2014

Egyptian court sentences to death Mohamed Badie, top spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, along with more than 680 others in connection with killing of a police officer in city of Edwa; court in Cairo bans activities of April 6 movement, most effective left-leaning protest group; rulings deliver devastating blows to Islamist and liberal opponents of military-backed government. MORE

Apr. 2, 2014

British Prime Min David Cameron orders inquiry into activities of Muslim Brotherhood to determine whether group is using London as base for planning extremist attacks after military crackdown in Egypt. MORE

Mar. 29, 2014

Egyptian officials say at least five people were killed in Cairo during demonstrations by supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, who were protesting decision by former military chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to run for president. MORE

Mar. 28, 2014

Saudi Arabia’s rulers, ahead of Pres Obama's upcoming visit, say they feel increasingly compelled to go their own way, pursuing starkly different strategies from United States in dealing with Iran, Syria, Egypt and role of Muslim Brotherhood in region; disposition of Saudis is now main concern for Obama as he plots policy toward both Syria and Iran. MORE

Mar. 28, 2014

Op-Ed article by reporter Louisa Loveluck contends mass death sentence handed down by Egyptian judge to 529 people for belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood is not likely to be carried out; maintains trial and its aftermath reveal the fault lines in the country's escalating crackdown against political opposition that may provoke a dangerous response from the very forces it was meant to eliminate. MORE

Mar. 26, 2014

Mar. 25, 2014

Judge in Matay, Egypt, sentences to death 529 defendants, described as supporters of Muslim Brotherhood, convicting them of murdering police officer in anger at ouster of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi; after nine months of escalating repression that culminates in extraordinary verdict, military-led government that removed Morsi appears to have finally cowed his supporters into near-silence in Minya, their greatest stronghold. MORE

Mar. 25, 2014

Editorial criticizes Egyptian court ruling that condemned 529 Islamists to death for the killing of a single police officer; calls it a shocking example of a judicial system run amok; criticizes response from United States and Great Britain as inexplicably weak. MORE

Mar. 8, 2014

Saudi Arabia declares Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization, escalating new campaign against the group with sweeping ban that imposes lengthy prison sentences for even expressing sympathy with it. MORE

Feb. 21, 2014

Egypt's military-backed government is widening crackdown against opponents in Muslim Brotherhood and perceived critics, detaining reporters, as well as activists and Islamists; three seasoned journalists face up to 15 years in prison, accused of plot to undermine Egypt's security; in all, thousands of people are in jail, many of them still awaiting trial. MORE

Feb. 13, 2014

Security forces in Egypt detain Ahmed Alaiba, Egyptian employee of United States Embassy who worked as liaison to the Muslim Brotherhood; move stirs fears of pressure on Western diplomats who communicate with the Islamist opposition. MORE

Jan. 31, 2014

Egyptian government tries to reassure foreign correspondents that they are free to report there; assurance follows incident in which criminal charges were filed against 20 Al Jazeera journalists accused of conspiring with Muslim Brotherhood; freedom of the press advocates have expressed deep concerns about case. MORE

Jan. 30, 2014

Egyptian prosecutors say they are charging 20 journalists working for the Al Jazeera television network with conspiring with a terrorist group and spreading propaganda for Muslim Brotherhood. MORE

Jan. 6, 2014

Muslim Brotherhood, now outlawed under Egypt's military-backed government, has fallen back on organizational structure that sustained it for decades as a banned and secretive movement; group's leaders, having returned underground, are refocusing on a protracted, grinding struggle. MORE

Jan. 4, 2014

At least 13 people are killed as violence breaks out during Muslim Brotherhood marches in several Egyptian cities, in the deadliest day of clashes in months. MORE

Dec. 30, 2013

Egyptian authorities detain team of journalists working for Al Jazeera English news channel on charges that include meeting with members of the Muslim Brotherhood, Islamist group that the government has classified as a terrorist organization. MORE

Dec. 28, 2013

Supporters of Muslim Brotherhood march in cities across Egypt, defying widening crackdown against them and protesting government's decision to declare group terrorist organization; at least three people are killed in clashes between marchers and security forces. MORE

Dec. 27, 2013

Egypt's new leaders, after military-backed government declares Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group, announce dozens of arrests across country, and seizure of land, stocks and vehicles belonging to Islamist movement's members; actions signify wide-ranging and possibly protracted war on every facet of Brotherhood's activities. MORE

Dec. 26, 2013

Egypt’s military-backed leaders designate Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization, outlawing the country’s most successful political movement and vowing to treat anyone who belongs to it, or even takes part in its activities, as a terrorist; analysts say designation opens door to the most severe crackdown on the movement in decades. MORE

Dec. 25, 2013

Egyptian officials arrest member of Muslim Brotherhood, country’s most influential Islamist group, in connection with powerful car bomb that left more than dozen people dead in the north; government appears to be seeking to implicate Muslim Brotherhood in deadly attack. MORE

Dec. 15, 2013

Egypt’s interim government sets Jan 14, 2014, as start of two-day referendum on a revised Constitution, which will be the first gauge of support for military’s ouster of nation's first fairly elected president, Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood. MORE

Nov. 4, 2013

Uproar over comments reportedly made by Egyptian cabinet minister Ziad Bahaa el-Din calling for reconciliation between government and Muslim Brotherhood underscores his precarious political position; Bahaa el-Din is trying to coax government toward moderation while coming under fire from both military's supporters and its critics. MORE

Oct. 31, 2013

Egyptian security forces capture Essam el-Erian, one of the last few prominent leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood still at large after a crackdown that began with the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi, another of the group’s leaders. MORE

Oct. 8, 2013

Lethal conflict between Egypt’s military-backed government and its Islamist opponents is escalating, with an expansion of attacks against government targets, signs that authorities have failed to secure streets and that both sides refuse to back down; three brazen attacks across the country killing several soldiers and police officers come a day after security forces killed 53 protesters in Cairo. MORE

Sep. 24, 2013

Egyptian court issues an injunction dissolving the Muslim Brotherhood and confiscating its assets; decision escalates a broad crackdown on the group less than three months since the military ousted its ally, Pres Mohamed Morsi; ban on Brotherhood is temporary until higher court can determine its fate. MORE

Sep. 18, 2013

Security forces in Egypt arrest Gehad el-Haddad, a senior official of the Muslim Brotherhood who handled group's communication with foreign news media; his arrest is part of a continuing roundup of thousands of Brotherhood members in the two months since the military ouster of Pres Mohamed Morsi. MORE

Sep. 17, 2013

Convoy of more than a dozen armored police and army vehicles arrive in Dalga, Egypt, south of the capital of Cairo, as part of an expedition to capture a single fugitive Islamist; scale of operation is the latest indication of the challenge the military-led government appears to face as it struggles to control the Islamist strongholds in the rural southern regions of the country. MORE

Sep. 2, 2013

Egypt’s chief prosecutor orders former president Mohamed Morsi and other Muslim Brotherhood leaders to stand trial on charges including inciting murder; order seems to extinguish hope of a political resolution that would bring Muslim Brotherhood out from underground and back into political process. MORE

Aug. 29, 2013

Egyptian authorities detain more than 60 people associated with Muslim Brotherhood in less than 24 hours, including relatives of the group’s leaders; crackdown on group has intensified after security forces cleared out two sit-ins, killing hundreds. MORE

Aug. 27, 2013

Op-Ed article by journalist Ibrahim Essa recounts long history of threats and violence he and other media figures have withstood at the hands of the Muslim Brotherhood; expresses concern that terrorism will always be a part of Egyptian political life, and that it may be his fate to die because of his career. MORE

Aug. 26, 2013

Many residents in Cairo are violating night curfew; there is widespread view among supporters of military, which ousted Mohamed Morsi, that United States and Muslim Brotherhood are in conspiracy to destroy Egypt; anti-American sentiment is being stoked by outpouring of dubious pronouncements from both state and private news media. MORE

Aug. 24, 2013

Muslim Brotherhood’s sudden ouster in Egypt by the new military-backed government has ruptured crucial economic and diplomatic lifeline for Hamas; Gaza's economy is facing a $250 million shortfall since Egyptian military authorities shut down hundreds of smuggling tunnels and the Hamas government has begun to ration resources. MORE

Aug. 24, 2013

Tight lockdown on Cairo by Egyptian security forces all but squelches a planned day of protests by the Muslim Brotherhood and its allies, suggesting that the new military government has gained a decisive edge in its battle against supporters of ousted Pres Mohamed Morsi. MORE

Aug. 21, 2013

Mohamed Badie, spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, is arrested by Egyptian authorities, providing latest signal of way in which nation's political landscape has changed; authorities have stopped short of touching Badie for the last three decades, and his arrest is the capstone of a sweeping campaign of arrests and shootings that has damaged the Brotherhood's core organization. MORE

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A wave of explosions killed a passer-by and wounded at least nine other people early Thursday morning across the Nile from Cairo, raising alarms about a pattern of attacks by diffuse groups against retail stores.